Everyone doesn’t get straight A’s in mcps

[Anonymous]

The other things is that not all assignments can be made up. In our MS, the assignments worth the most points--unit tests, major writing assignments--cannot be turned in. And in math, if you are allowed to retake a quiz, the maximum you can get is a 90%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The other things is that not all assignments can be made up. In our MS, the assignments worth the most points--unit tests, major writing assignments--cannot be turned in. And in math, if you are allowed to retake a quiz, the maximum you can get is a 90%.

Sorry that should say that the major assignments cannot be retaken/turned in again. If your kid is off, has a bad day, or just didn't understand the material, they are stuck with that assignment's grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

It didn’t go over my head. I forgot I was speaking to people that don’t live in the real world and live vicariously through their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

Engineering, nursing, and education are all like trade school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

Engineering, nursing, and education are all like trade school.

Same for IT. You don’t even have to go to college. Get a cert and you’ll make very good money.

[Anonymous]

My kids never got straight A’s. Especially in elementary school I used to worry why they are so unmotivated and don’t get straight A’s. My oldest got a C in honors geometry and ended up repeating the class. She aced her ACTs, went to UMD and transferred to Cornell a year later. After graduating from Cornell she went on to grad school at Columbia. So B’s and C’s do not mean the end of the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

It didn’t go over my head. I forgot I was speaking to people that don’t live in the real world and live vicariously through their kids.

NP. I don’t think wanting your kid to get into high quality state schools qualifies as wanting to live vicariously through your kids. My daughter has significant learning disabilities but works hard to overcome them because she wants to go to our state’s flagship. It will be much less expensive than other options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re idiots who didn’t put any effort in. If you have a pulse you get an A.

In ES and MS, yes, in HS no. HS is very different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

Engineering, nursing, and education are all like trade school.

Same for IT. You don’t even have to go to college. Get a cert and you’ll make very good money.

Any good CS job will require a college degree, not just a certification. If you want to be help desk, sure, a cert is fine but to make good money you need a degree and skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

Engineering, nursing, and education are all like trade school.

Same for IT. You don’t even have to go to college. Get a cert and you’ll make very good money.

Any good CS job will require a college degree, not just a certification. If you want to be help desk, sure, a cert is fine but to make good money you need a degree and skills.

No you don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

It didn’t go over my head. I forgot I was speaking to people that don’t live in the real world and live vicariously through their kids.

NP. I don’t think wanting your kid to get into high quality state schools qualifies as wanting to live vicariously through your kids. My daughter has significant learning disabilities but works hard to overcome them because she wants to go to our state’s flagship. It will be much less expensive than other options.

What’s different is that YOUR child is choosing and working towards it. Not these yahoos that post insane projections about their kid’s future. Seriously pisses me off to see kids so stressed out because they feel they are going to let their family down or not meet expectations they have no true interest in. It’s their lives, support them, encourage them, but let them live it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Contrary to the popular belief on dcum kids in mcps get B’s and C’s. My DC’s friends in ES 5th grade told them proudly that they got a pretty good report card, almost straight B’s. This is just example. There are others.
A couple of years ago I asked about my DC then a 2nd grader if kids get B’s or C’s in elementary school and the posters here commented how my kid must have an undiagnosed learning disability or some other issue. Turns out they were wrong. My kid got B’s and C’s on tests because they like to finish quickly, do not check their work etc. But dcum will make you believe that every kid is a perfect straight A student.
Not true at all.

Why would you say that “everyone doesn’t get straight As?” Some kids do. My son just got straight As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I would respectful remind you that there are financial consequences to that.

When my SN kid with an IEP and a specific learning disability in math claws his way to AP Calc BC, it makes me think that some bright neurotypical kids with Bs and Cs in standard courses CHOOSE not to focus on academics - a choice that is perhaps a function of the environment at home. You and your child are free to make that choice.

Having gone through the college application process for this kid last year, I know that UMD and UVA GPA cutoffs are high these days. I know kids with weighted GPAs of 4.4, who had done several AP courses, who were rejected from UMD. UVA is more selective.

When you consider that in 2023, state flagships are 30-40K a year, total cost of attendance, and private universities and liberal arts colleges are in the 70-100K range;
And when you consider that college tuition has risen faster than inflation, when observed over several decades;

You start to realize that this approach limits your child's options. Of course, they can always attend a less-selective state option, where acceptance rates are in the 80%. That is always a fine choice.

There is an amusing notion that the C student becomes President, the B student the CEO, and the A student the busy worker bee.
That's only if your kid starts off with wealth and connections, or if they have an amazing knack for networking.

So make of that what you will.

Quite dramatic. There are so so so so so so many options out there to pursue higher education or a career outside of high school. I was an internship coordinator for a very highly selective internship program in biotech for years. We absolutely did not look at gpa. That just tells me your kid can test well it doesn’t tell me that your kid has their own initiative and can be successful outside of your home. Get a grip. Your poor kid.

Woosh, all the above info went over your head. The high school GPA is for getting admitted to the best college for the least money.

Are you suggesting high schoolers can forego college and go to trade school? Not many families want to go that route until it's clear that college isn't an option. In the US, having a college degree is still the best guarantee of future income.

Engineering, nursing, and education are all like trade school.

Same for IT. You don’t even have to go to college. Get a cert and you’ll make very good money.

No cert required for IT. You can learn to plug in network cables and install anti-virus on YouTube.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Contrary to the popular belief on dcum kids in mcps get B’s and C’s. My DC’s friends in ES 5th grade told them proudly that they got a pretty good report card, almost straight B’s. This is just example. There are others.
A couple of years ago I asked about my DC then a 2nd grader if kids get B’s or C’s in elementary school and the posters here commented how my kid must have an undiagnosed learning disability or some other issue. Turns out they were wrong. My kid got B’s and C’s on tests because they like to finish quickly, do not check their work etc. But dcum will make you believe that every kid is a perfect straight A student.
Not true at all.

Why would you say that “everyone doesn’t get straight As?” Some kids do. My son just got straight As.

OP said it because it is true. Your son is not everyone, is he?